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premature birth, atrophy, debility, convulsions, &c., were
primarily due to the scrofulous taint. In numerous instances
some other disease, e.g., of the lungs, as bronchitis, pneumonia,
&c., was associated with phthisis in medical certificates of the
cause of death; but all such associated diseases have been disregarded
in the preparation of Table 3, for when phthisis was
returned the death is classified to that heading, it being assumed
that the tubercular diathesis was underlying the other disease
and was in fact the primary cause of death.
Class 5.—Developmental Diseases.
In this Class the total deaths were 170, viz., 130 in the
Town sub-district, and 40 in Brompton. Premature Birth was
the assigned cause of 58 deaths: Atelectasis of 5; and Congenital
Malformation of 9. Old Age was the registered cause
of 98 deaths, 96 of them at ages over 65: between 75 and 85
there were 45 deaths, and 35 at 85 and upwards.
Class 6.—Local Diseases.
The diseases in this Class, containing eleven Orders, named
after the systems or organs to which the diseases relate, were
accountable for 1,419 deaths, or 49.4 per cent. of the deaths from
all causes; 1,135 were registered in the Town sub-district, and
284 in Brompton; 414 were of children under five years of age.
1. Nervous System.—Diseases of the nervous system
were the registered causes of 289 deaths (against 288, 259, 288,
and 302 in 1883-4-5-6), viz., 228, in the Town sub-district, and
61 in Brompton; 76 of the deaths were of children under five
years of age. The quarterly numbers were 86, 77, 47, and 79.
The fatal diseases were Inflammation of Brain or Membranes,
15 deaths; Apoplexy, Softening of Brain, Hemiplegia, Brain
Paralysis, 161 (40 in Brompton, and 148 at ages over 45);
Insanity, General Paralysis of the Insane, 2; Epilepsy, 14;
Convulsions, 64 (all, save 2, under five, and 45 under one
year); Laryngismus Stridulus (spasm of glottis), 4 (3 under
one year); Disease of Spinal Cord, Paraplegia, Paralysis
Agitans, 9; Other Diseases of Nervous System, 20;